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THE HORACE TAPSCOTT QUINTET THE GIANT IS AWAKENED ORIGINAL 1969 FLYING DUTCHMAN RECORDS STEREO LP FDS-107
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL PINK AND TURQUIOISE FLYING DUTCHMAN LABEL WITH FLYING ACE LOGO
The record has a Rudy Van Gelder s name or his initials RVG clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl dead wax
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD AMERICAN STYLE
ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
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Tapscott was leery of the music business in general, and of this deal in particular and considering a promise that he d be involved in the mixing process was subsequently broken, his skepticism was prescient. He didn t record again for another decade, and then only for small independents like Nimbus and Interplay. In any case, as listeners, we should be grateful Tapscott agreed to make The Giant at all
The title of Horace Tapscott s debut release is apt, if not self-referential, for indeed a giant of West Coast jazz had awakened with this, the pianist/composer/bandleader s 1969 album for the Flying Dutchman label. Tapscott went on to form two groups crucial to the flowering of modern jazz in the Los Angeles area, the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra or P.A.P.A. the name is an homage to Tapscott s predecessor and peer, Sun Ra , which eventually became part of a larger umbrella organization, Union of God s Musicians and Artists Ascension UGMAA . Out of UGMAA came a host of LA-bred musicians, singers, and poets, including Arthur Blythe who goes by Black Arthur Blythe on this recording , Stanley Crouch who wrote the original liner notes , David Murray, Butch Morris, Wilber Morris, Jimmy Woods, Nate Morgan, and Sinclair Greenwell, Jr. a.k.a. Guido Sinclair . And anchoring it all was Tapscott himself as Kamasi Washington, whose vision of a large, Los Angeles community-based ensemble echoes that of P.A.P.A. and UGMAA, said in 2015: Horace is one of the most important figures in the foundation of music in L.A., from both a purely musically and socially conscious perspective. A foundational document of West Coast modern jazz
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AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE OWNER OF ONE OF THE MOST MAJESTIC, MINDBLOWING RECORD COLLECTIONS ON THE PLANET EARTH 16,000 LP ALBUMS ALTOGETHER, OF WHICH ROUGHLY 10,000 TO BE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC , TO OFFER ONLINE HIS COLLECTION TO THE MUSIC PROFESSIONALS, SERIOUS JAZZ COLLECTORS AND GENERAL PUBLIC WORLDWIDE. BARRING ANY LAST-MINUTE DEVELOPMENTS, THIS WILL BE THE SINGLE BIGGEST PROJECT THIS SELLER HAS EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AND IS EXPECTED TO LAST ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE YEARS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE OFFERING INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IN GROUPS OF 150-300 IN SIZE, LISTED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH APART. THIS IS THE THIRD OF WHAT WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 50 SIMILAR INSTALLMENTS AND SHOULD GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT IS TO COME
THE BULK OF THE COLLECTION ABOUT 90 CONSISTS OF SOME OF THE RAREST AND MOST COVETED FREE- AND AVANT-GARDE JAZZ, SPIRITUAL JAZZ, RADICAL, FREE-BLOWING JAZZ, FAR-OUT FUSION, ELECTRONIC JAZZ, SOUL-JAZZ, BEAT POETRY, EXPERIMENTAL AND IMPROVISATIONAL JAZZ AND MILITANT AND TRIBAL JAZZ OF EVERY SHAPE, SHADE AND FORM KNOWN TO MAN. NOTHING OF THIS NATURE HAS EVER BEEN SO SYSTEMATICALLY ASSEMBLED AND OBSESSIVELY PRESERVED IN ONE PLACE IN THE AVANT-GARDE JAZZ DOMAIN EVER, ANYWHERE, BY ANYONE. ALL MAJOR ARTISTS WHO EVER CREATED MUSIC IN THE FREE- , EXPERIMENTAL- AND SPIRITUAL JAZZ REALM WILL BE REPRESENTED, AS WILL BE HUNDREDS OF LESSER KNOWN, BUT EQUALLY INFLUENTIAL CULT ARTISTS WHO LEFT INDELIBLE STAMP ON THE WORLD OF THE MODERN JAZZ. LIKEWISE, ALL MAJOR STREAMS AND RECORDING LABELS OF FREE JAZZ WILL BE REPRESENTED, IMPRINTS SUCH AS ESP, INDIA NAVIGATION, EL SATURN, FMP, HAT HUT, BLACK SAINT, SOUL NOTE, RED RECORDS, 1HORO, LEO UK . TRIBE, ISPLASCH, QBICO, STRATA-EAST, BLACK JAZZ, BLACK LION, MOSAIC AND DOZENS OF OTHER HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY LABELS. YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT TO SEE HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE PRESSINGS, TEST PRESSINGS , ACETATES, AUDIOPHILE AND LIMITED/NUMBERED RELEASES AND ALIKE. THE COLLECTION ALSO FEATURES A SMALL NUMBER OF OTHER GENRES, SUCH AS BLUES, R B, FUNK AND LATIN AND A NEGLIGIBLE NUMBER OF ROCK TITLES..
THIS IS A FIERY, PASSIONATE MUSIC, PERPETUALY MODERN AND EVERY BIT AS TIMELESS AS THE DAY IT WAS BORN A PERENNIAL QUEST FOR FREEDOM AND SPIRITUALITY AN ERUPTIVE, VOLCANIC STATEMENT - A SCREAM, REALLY - OF LIBERATION FROM ALL SOCIAL NORMS AND FORMS IT IS TRULY A QUINTESSENTIAL LATE-20th CENTURY ART
THIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN OBSESSIVELY BUILT UP OVER THE YEARS AND COMPULSIVELY PRESERVED FOR DECADES SINCE THE MID-60s: THE OWNER BORE WITNESS TO THE MOST OF THE MODERN AMERICAN JAZZ HISTORY AND STORIES TO TELL . ASIDE FROM THE STILL SEALED ITEMS YES, THERE WILL BE SOME , ALMOST 95 OF ALL ITEMS FALL INTO THE STRONG NEAR MINT TO UNPLAYED RANGE. MOST OF THE ITEMS FROM THIS COLLECTION WILL BE OF ARCHIVAL GRADE AND YOUR FINAL UPGRADES
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CONDITION:
THE RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record has a Rudy Van Gelder name, or his initials RVG stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl dead wax . On SOME Jazz labels Blue Note, Savoy, Regent, Prestige, Impulse, Verve this stamp signifies highly professional masterings either done by - or personally authorized by - the legendary engineer himself.
c The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER :
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Inside gatefold has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there these tiny spots are not overly obtrusive or distracting not visible on the external parts of the cover
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine nothing significant
- The laminated cover has a few air bubbles and wrinkles in lamination this is a common problem with most laminated 50 s and 60 s covers
- Cover has one corner slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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1 The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release, NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description top section, the text in red letters . 2 Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone instead, please read the entire description before bidding 3 Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. 4 We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing information in the final 24 hours of the auction. 5 All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language 6 This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.
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